Obituary for
FOREST R. CLARK WORLD WAR VETERAN'S
BURIAL SUNDAY
Forest R. Clark, Former Hicksville Resident, Dies
at Dayton Hospital
Funeral services for Forest R. Clark, aged 64, of
Newville, overseas veteran in the World War who died Thursday in the veteran's
hospital at Dayton, were held Sunday at 3 p. m. in the Perkins & Reed funeral
here. Rev. William Nice, pastor of the Church of Christ at Newville,
officiated, and burial was made in Forest Home cemetery.
Mr. Clark had been ill for a number years with tuberculosis.
He was born September 5, 1876, a son of Charles and Sarah Hull Clark of
Newville, and when a boy located with his parents in Hicksville. When 15 years
old he accompanied his parents to Chicago, where he resided and where he was
married to Anna Wallie on August 17, 1897. In 1902 he returned to Hicksville,
employed as a lineman.
Shortly after returning to Hicksville, January 11, 1904, he enlisted in the
Ohio National Guard, Company E, Second Infantry, and served until May 9, 1909,
when he resigned holding the rank of a Captain.
On September 23rd, 1918, he sailed for France for overseas duty as First
Sergeant, and returned to the homeland May 19th, 1919, broken in health and
unable to serve longer.
He received honorable discharge June 2nd, 1919, at Camp Sherman,
Chillicothe, Ohio.
He was one of the organizers of Edward C. Smart Post No. 223, a member of
the St. Joe, Ind., Legion Post, and also a member of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars, Hicksville.
During the last ten years, the family had resided at Newville.
Surviving are the widow; daughters, Mrs. Florence Fox of St. Petersburg,
Fla., and Mrs. Ethel Davies of Chicago; sons, Carl Clark of Newville, and
Thomas Clark of Edgerton; and ten grandchildren.
Submitted by
Jennie Riggs